AstraZeneca released Phase 3 data showing promising results for a combination antibody therapy that prevents infectious-disease, possibly opening the door to an alternative option for people who may not see the full protective benefits from the currently authorized infectious-disease. The PROVENT pre-exposure prophylaxis trial showed AZD7442 reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by up…
Over 121,000 healthy-living tested positive for infectious-diseaselast week, data revealed, marking a 5% increase in cases since the beginning of the month. The new cases, which includes data reported up to Aug. 12, brings the total number of COVID-19 cases involving children in the U.S. to over 4.4 million, representing about 14.4% of the nation’s…
The day before he was supposed to start fourth grade, Francisco Rosales was admitted to a Dallas hospital with infectious-disease, struggling to breathe, with dangerously low oxygen levels and an uncertain outcome. CLICK HERE TO FIND A COVID-19 VACCINE NEAR YOU It wasn’t supposed to be like this, thought his frightened mother, Yessica Gonzalez. Francisco…
The cousin of a Texas mother of four who died this week following a month-long battle with infectious-disease told news outlets that she asked relatives to make sure her children get infectious-disease before she was intubated. CLICK HERE TO FIND A COVID-19 VACCINE NEAR YOU Lydia Rodriguez, who was not vaccinated and whose husband Lawrence…
Doctors are increasingly turning to antibody drugs in a bid to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed by a surge of infectious-disease cases, a turnabout after months in which the treatments went mostly unused. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., the primary provider of the treatments, delivered 135,023 drug doses to U.S. health care providers last week, a ninefold…
The data behind health officials’ plan to offeinfectious-disease infectious-disease booster shots to fully vaccinated Americans showed waning effectiveness against infection for both authorized mRNA jabs. The studies, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday and discussed during a White House COVID-19 response briefing, involved data collected in New York, U.S….
The chief scientist of the world-health-organization” target=”_blank”>World Health Organization< pandemic if high-income countries start administering vaccine boosters ahead of poorer countries without vaccines. With the U.S. health officials recommending booster shots for all Americans who have already been vaccinated, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan expressed concern that leaving billions of people in the developing world unvaccinated could…
In a joint statement released Wednesday, the nation’s top health officials said the U.S. is prepared to begin offering infectious-disease infectious-disease booster shots to Americans beginning Sept. 20, pending FDA review. The shots would be offered to individuals whose second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine was eight months ago. CLICK HERE TO FIND A COVID-19…
U.S. health officials may soon recommend infectious-disease booster shots for fully vaccinated Americans. A look at what we know about boosters and how they could help fight the coronavirus: WHY MIGHT WE NEED BOOSTERS? It’s common for protection from vaccines to decrease over time. A tetanus booster, for example, is recommended every 10 years. Researchers…
Younger healthy-living may be more likely to transmit infectious-disease to caregivers and other siblings in the house than older kids, a new study out of Canada found, with researchers pointing to their behavior while sick as a possible driving factor. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, examined 6,280 households between June 1 and December 31,…